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« Reply #45 on: February 06, 2019, 21:50:34 »
Quote from: signalandtelegraph on February 01, 2019, 11:03:31
1A88, 1C90 and 1A90 all lost engines yesterday due to being struck by waves on the sea wall.  Looks like new GW» (Great Western - used as an abbreviation for the area / lines under the Great Western franchise, as opposed to FGW which includes "First", the company operating them too. For tickets - about) fleet may also be susceptible to the vagaries of the Dawlish weather. 

So have the 802s been tested in equally harsh conditions? It’s shocking that the 800s malfunctioned after some Dawlish seawater as it’s inevitable these sets will be called upon to run to Plymouth and Penzance
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« Reply #46 on: February 07, 2019, 07:48:34 »
Quote from: Umberleigh on February 06, 2019, 21:50:34
So have the 802s been tested in equally harsh conditions? It’s shocking that the 800s malfunctioned after some Dawlish seawater as it’s inevitable these sets will be called upon to run to Plymouth and Penzance

Why is it inevitable?   I thought the 802s were uprated to give them the power to get up the Devon banks.  I was amazed therefore that an 800 was sent to run west of Exeter! 
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« Reply #47 on: February 07, 2019, 09:13:00 »
Quote from: ellendune on February 07, 2019, 07:48:34
Quote from: Umberleigh on February 06, 2019, 21:50:34
So have the 802s been tested in equally harsh conditions? It’s shocking that the 800s malfunctioned after some Dawlish seawater as it’s inevitable these sets will be called upon to run to Plymouth and Penzance

Why is it inevitable?   I thought the 802s were uprated to give them the power to get up the Devon banks.  I was amazed therefore that an 800 was sent to run west of Exeter! 

I would suspect that the 800s can get up the Devon banks but may loose some time ... which in the event of there being only 800s at Paddington is better than a cancellation.   
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« Reply #48 on: February 07, 2019, 09:59:53 »
Quote from: ellendune on February 07, 2019, 07:48:34
Quote from: Umberleigh on February 06, 2019, 21:50:34
So have the 802s been tested in equally harsh conditions? It’s shocking that the 800s malfunctioned after some Dawlish seawater as it’s inevitable these sets will be called upon to run to Plymouth and Penzance

Why is it inevitable?   I thought the 802s were uprated to give them the power to get up the Devon banks.  I was amazed therefore that an 800 was sent to run west of Exeter! 

800s are regularly seen west of Exeter currently.
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« Reply #49 on: February 08, 2019, 09:35:07 »
800's seem to turn up on the London - Paignton service; no Devon Banks. The 7.03 Paddington - Paignton is often a 800 and has passed Dawlish this morning and is on time to arrive at 10.11 and the wind is really blowing this morning.

10.07 XC▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) Paignton - Manchester cancelled today Paignton- Exeter St Davids
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